Relationships between deer mice and downed wood in managed forests of southern British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2189-2203

  Craig, Vanessa J ^a,c   Klenner, Walt ^b   Feller, Michael C ^a   Sullivan, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c EcoLogic Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; POPULATION STATISTICS; VEGETATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

DEER; MICE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY;

CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; RODENT; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION COVER; WOOD;

BIODIVERSITY; PICEA; PLANTS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; WOOD;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; CERVIDAE; CRICETIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 33845651354     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-118     Document Type: Article

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